The electorate was virtually split, with Ortiz ekeing out, um, a "victory" as the more reviled Red Sock by a razor-thin margin in a 51-49 vote.

Some respondents seemed to suggest they had more bitter memories of Ortiz, because his Red Sox teams of the late aughts and early teens were more successful. Meanwhile, the Yankees had gotten the better of Martinez more regularly, who famously admitted the Yankees were his "daddy."